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Desorption electrospray ionization
Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) is an ambient ionization technique in mass spectrometry, reported in 2004, that directs charged solvent droplets at surfaces for direct analysis.
Desoside-P (LL-4218)
Desoside-P (LL-4218) was Lupin Ltd's oral, plant-derived investigational drug for chronic stable plaque psoriasis, approved for Indian Phase II trials by the DCGI in July 2006; later pipeline disclosures no longer list it.
DeSoto (automobile)
DeSoto cars were a mid-priced automobile brand produced by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 1960, named for the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and known for the 1934 Airflow.
DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States
DeSoto County, Mississippi: county formed February 9, 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession, county seat Hernando, part of the Memphis metro; 197,918 residents (2025 est.), Southaven largest city, xAI $20 billion data center announced 2026.
Desouq Zoo
Desouq Zoo (حديقة حيوان دسوق) is a small public zoo in Desouk, Egypt, inside the Family and Childhood Park on the Nile's Rosetta branch. Opened 2021 on about 200 square metres, it holds roughly 20 species including gazelles, monkeys, and ostriches.
Desoximetasone
Desoximetasone (Topicort) is a synthetic fluorinated topical corticosteroid for psoriasis, eczema, and other dermatoses; US cream approved 1977, 0.25% spray 2013, class I–III potency.
Desoxycorticosterone acetate
Desoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA, deoxycorticosterone acetate) is a synthetic mineralocorticoid ester synthesized in 1937, introduced as an oily injection for Addison's disease in 1939, later superseded by fludrocortisone.
Despacio
Despacio is a vinyl-only, high-fidelity disco sound system and DJ project created by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem with David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax, first presented in July 2013.
Despacito
Despacito: 2017 Spanish-language reggaeton-pop song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with Erika Ender; Bieber remix drove 16 weeks at Hot 100 No. 1 and 56 weeks atop Hot Latin Songs.
Despatch (film)
Despatch is a 2024 Hindi investigative thriller directed by Kanu Behl, starring Manoj Bajpayee as Mumbai crime journalist Joy Bag, loosely based on the J Dey murder, produced by Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP Movies and released on ZEE5 on December 13, 2024.
Despelote
despelote (video game): autobiographical 2025 adventure by Julián Cordero and Sebastián Valbuena, published by Panic, set in Quito, Ecuador, 2001, during World Cup qualification; distinct from Tartakovsky's Netflix film.
Despensa y Agencia de Quinielas
Despensa y Agencia de Quinielas is a casino on Hernandarias street in Obligado, Itapúa, Paraguay, near Estadio Municipal Ka'a Poty and Plaza de Los Inmigrantes; OSM node 4917801926.
Desperado (Eagles album)
Desperado is the Eagles' 1973 studio album, recorded in London. It is known for its Old West concept and the emergence of Glenn Frey and Don Henley as primary writers.
Desperado (Eagles song)
"Desperado" is a Don Henley and Glenn Frey ballad, title track of the Eagles' 1973 Asylum album Desperado, their first co-write, recorded at Island Studios London with Glyn Johns; never a single for the band but popularized by Linda Ronstadt's 1973 cover. Distinct from other songs of the same name.
Desperado (film)
Desperado is a 1995 American action film directed by Robert Rodriguez. It stars Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, and is the second film in the Mexico Trilogy.
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, known as the Desperado Steelband, is a steelband from Laventille, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Its members named it after the movie The Desperadoes.
Desperados (film)
Desperados is a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy directed by LP, written by Ellen Rapoport, starring Nasim Pedrad, Anna Camp, and Lamorne Morris; a woman rushes to Mexico to delete a drunken email, scoring 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives: ABC comedy-drama (2004–2012, 8 seasons, 180 episodes) created by Marc Cherry, set on Wisteria Lane in Fairview, filmed on Universal's Colonial Street, narrated by suicide victim Mary Alice Young, starring Hatcher, Huffman, Cross, and Longoria.
Desperate Lies
Desperate Lies (Pedaço de Mim) is a 2024 Brazilian Netflix melodrama, 17 episodes, created by Angela Chaves, starring Juliana Paes as Liana, pregnant with twins by two fathers via heteropaternal superfecundation.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe is a 2023 Prime Video three-part docuseries, directed by Marina Zenovich and based on Alice Hines' Vanity Fair reporting, examining the Twin Flames Universe online community of Jeff and Shaleia Divine.
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan: 1985 Orion Pictures comedy directed by Susan Seidelman, written by Leora Barish, starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna in her first major film role; $5 million budget, $27 million gross, mistaken-identity plot in downtown New York.
Desperately Seeking Susan (Ted)
Desperately Seeking Susan is season 1, episode 5 of Ted (2024), Seth MacFarlane's Peacock prequel series, aired January 11, 2024. Blaire has Ted serve as marriage therapist for Matty and Susan; Susan briefly becomes a substitute teacher. Not the 1985 Madonna film.
Desperation (novel)
Desperation is Stephen King's 1996 horror novel (Viking) about travelers trapped by the possessed officer Collie Entragian in a Nevada mining town menaced by the entity Tak, published the same day as its mirror novel The Regulators under King's Bachman pseudonym.
Despicable Me
Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy about Gru, a supervillain whose plan to steal the moon is derailed by three orphaned girls he adopts, launching Illumination's franchise.
Despicable Me (film)
Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, about the supervillain Gru, who is reformed by three orphaned girls.
Despicable Me 2
Despicable Me 2 (2013), Illumination's animated sequel directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, follows reformed villain Gru joining the Anti-Villain League; it grossed $970.8 million worldwide on a $76 million budget and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
Despicable Me 3
Despicable Me 3 (2017) is Illumination and Universal's third Despicable Me film, directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, starring Steve Carell as Gru and twin Dru and Trey Parker as Balthazar Bratt; it grossed $1.03 billion worldwide with mixed reviews.
Despicable Me 4
Despicable Me 4 (2024) is Illumination's fourth Gru film, directed by Chris Renaud, introducing Gru Jr., Maxime Le Mal, and the Mega Minions; it grossed about $972 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.
Despicable Me 4 (soundtrack)
Despicable Me 4 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Back Lot Music album for the 2024 Illumination film, with Heitor Pereira's score and Pharrell Williams' single Double Life, plus licensed songs by Culture Club, BTS, and DragonForce.
Despicable Me: The Game
Despicable Me: The Game is a 2010 E10+ action-platformer tie-in to the film, developed by Monkey Bar Games and published by D3Publisher for PS2, PSP, and Wii, with players controlling Gru and his minions; Wii Metascore 55.